99

38  &  39  Vict.  Cap.  60,  s.  27.
or  as  a  naval  coast  volunteer,  royal  naval  volunteer,  naval
artillery  volunteer,  or  in  any  corps  of  yeomanry  or  volunteers ­
  whatsoever,  shall  lose  or  forfeit  any  interest  he  possesses ­
  at  the  time  of  his  being  so  enrolled  or  serving,  in  any
friendly  society  [or  branch],  registered  or  unregistered,  or
be  fined  for  absence  from  or  non-attendance  at  any  meeting
of  the  society  [or  branch],  such  absence  or  non-attendance
being  occasioned  by  the  discharge  of  his  military  or  naval
duty  as  certified  by  his  commanding  officer,  any  rules  of
such  society  [or  branch]  to  the  contrary  notwithstanding,
and  any  dispute  between  any  such  society  [or  branch],  and
such  person  by  reason  of  such  enrolment  or  service  shall  be
decided  by  a  court  of  summary  jurisdiction  under  this  Act;
but  if  the  rules  of  a  society  certified  before  the  twenty-third
day  of  July  one  thousand  eight  hundred  and  fifty-five,  and
in  force  at  the  time  of  such  enrolment  or  service,  provide
that  a  member  shall  be  deprived  of  any  benefit  by  reason
of  such  enrolment  or  service,  the  society  may  require  of
such  member  a  contribution  exceeding  the  rate  of  contribution ­
  otherwise  payable  by  him  to  an  amount  not  exceeding
one-tenth  of  such  rate  during  the  time  such  member  shall
be  serving  out  of  the  United  Kingdom,  or  may  suspend  all
claim  of  such  member  to  any  benefits  assured  by  the
society,  and  all  claim  of  the  society  to  any  contributions
payable  by  such  member,  during,  the  time  only  he  may
be  serving  out  of  the  United  Kingdom,  but  so  that  if
he  return  to  the  United  Kingdom  he  shall  forthwith  be
replaced  on  the  same  footing  as  before  he  went  abroad  on
service  (d).
,  27.  Limitations  of  benefits.—No  member  of  a  registered
hiendly  society,  nor  any  person  claiming  through  a  member,

(d)  This  section  is  founded  on  52  Geo.  3,  c.  38,  s.  41;  52  Geo.  3,
c-  68,  s.  39;  17  &  18  Vict.  c.  105,  s.  44;  17  &  18  Vict.  c.  106,
s -  69;  17  &  18  Vict.  c.  107,  S.  27;  18  &  19  Vict.  c.  63,  s.  47;
22  &  23  Vict.  c.  40,  s.  23;  23  Vict.  c.  13;  26  &  27  Vict.  c.  65,
s -  44;  36  &  37  Vict.  c.  77,  s.  33  (all  of  which  are  repealed  by
Sched.  I.),  with  important  amendments.  The  proviso  as  to  existing ­
  rules  of  a  society  would  apply  after  its  conversion  into  a
branch  by  virtue  of  sect.  6  of  the  Act  of  1876.
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